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@ Treme - Point I was making is that Characters don't have to be imbalanced to get good rivalries. You can have him be good at other things like he's more agile, but less powerful for example. Cipher being able to do everything Ichika can in addition to having his own skills that even Ichika doesn't have doesn't make him a rival, it makes him an attention hog and glory stealer.

The noise can be dampen but still had a limit. If he get too close to his opponent they will know (which is why he need to keep still or keep a distance away and only charging/dropping in for a kill.....)

Heat signature can be reduced but ultimately useless if he got too close (then again, character don't usually that thermal imaging thing).

False Imaging technology is good but only when projected behind the IS user... (Taking advantage on the fact that data from Hyper sensor is "unnatural" to the user.)

Edit: Word Play: He is good as in decent but that doesn't mean he is best...

"Dr. Thrax" : Commander Specializing in Toxins, Poisons, Viruses and Nanomachines. Forces under him carry these deadly payloads and send them against their opponents.

"General Juziz" : Commander Specializing in Explosions, Demolitions, Conflagrations and anything that burns or blows up. Thermite Plasma, High Explosives and Napalm are some of the specialties his forces have.

"Kassad" : Master of Sneaky. First to employ anti-IS sensor devices in a massive scale, as well as optical cloaking, IR screening, Thermal Blocking and according to rumors, Psychic Blocking via our fourth commander.

"'Khaled' the Arms Dealer" : Specializes in combat drones, IS units and Chastity engines. Always looking for people that have a "special organ" to join her ranks- so far she has found none within the Caliphate's huge ranks. Known (by the Caliphate) to be Phantom Task-aligned. Always talks about a "Bureau pursuing her." She also finances the Caliphate's war machine since she joined.

So basically the first 3 commanders and the Caliphate itself may be Associated with Helios, with "Khaled" being there by chance.

more to come when needed.

Khaled is the one with the large air force too. He's the main antagonist of Ace Combat.